The search for alien life has taken a leap forward after the detection of biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, with research confirming the presence of organic molecules and water vapour that usually indicate biological activity.
Although the research is currently only at a 99.7% confidence level, the three-sigma result is promising and a five-sigma result, which would confirm the phenomenon, would be the most important discovery in the history of science.
Separately, a study has questioned the functionality of the Antikythera mechanism, claiming that the gears contained within the “world’s first analog computer” would not have worked due to mechanical error.
Lastly, a bizarre new paper has claimed that “vegetative electron microscopy” is a thing, a concept that has appeared in several recent papers, although the term does not actually exist.
